Cowboy Butter
Cowboy Butter is the ultimate steak sauce—rich, buttery, and loaded with garlic, herbs, lemon, and a little mustard kick.
Servings: 10 serves
Ingredients
Roasted garlic
- 1 garlic bulb
- 1 tbso olive oil
- salt and pepper
Cowboy butter
- 6 tbsp butter Westgold
- 1 tbsp sweet paprika
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsbp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 garlic bulbs roasted cloves or 6 fresh garlic cloves, finely minced
- 1 tbsp parsley finely chopped
- 1 tbsp chives finely sliced
- 1/2 tbsp thyme
- salt and pepper
Instructions
Roasted garlic
- Preheat oven: Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400°F
- Roast garlic: Slice the top off the garlic bulb and place into a mini pot with a lid or a sheet of alfoil. Drizzle the olive oil all over and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 1 hour.
- Squeeze out cloves: Allow the garlic to slightly cool and then carefully squeeze out all of the jammy garlic cloves. Mash them up with a spoon or back of a knife.
Cowboy butter
- Melt butter: In a small pot on a medium – low heat, add the butter and cook until melted. Add the sweet paprika, smoked paprika, Dijon mustard, lemon zest and juice, garlic and salt and pepper. Cook for 1 – 2 minutes, stirring often, or until all ingredients are well combined.
- Add herbs: Take the butter off the heat and stir through all the herbs.
- Cool: If not using immediately, allow the butter to cool and then store in butchers paper or an airtight container in the fridge for up to 7 days.
Notes
Garlic: If using fresh garlic, finely mince 6 cloves and stir through once the butter is melted and foaming. Cook for 30 seconds before adding the additional ingredients.
Store: Cowboy Butter is best stored as a compound butter. Let it cool slightly, then roll it into a log using baking paper or plastic wrap. Store in the fridge for up to 7 days, or freeze for up to 2 months. When you’re ready to use it, just slice off a piece and melt it over your steak, seafood, or veggies.
Nutrition
Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 43mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 963IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.4mg
